The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight

“If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.” —President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

“Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.” —Thomas Sowell

For the Record

“Bullying is locking kids out of school… Bullying is forcing kids to wear masks for eight hours a day… Bullying is kicking people out of work because of vaccine mandates.” —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

“After years, and I do mean years, of Democrats touting unpopular defund-the-police policies, they have finally seen the light. Maybe it’s the light on their sinking polling numbers.” —Senator Tim Scott

“I think [China’s] the real long-term problem for this country, okay? China is Russia times 1,000. Their economy’s way bigger, their military might is superior… There are American companies and their CEOs who are basically lobbyists for the Chinese government’s position … on a range of issues. Because they’re desperate for market share over there and because they’ve got their factories and production over there.” —Senator Marco Rubio

“While we’re trying to isolate Russia, Joe Biden is personally relying on Vladimir Putin to negotiate a bad deal with the terrorists of Iran. This is madness.” —Senator Tom Cotton

“It is my view that the U.S. government should immediately take necessary, and long-overdue, steps to do the right and obvious thing, that is to offer the Republic of China (Taiwan) America’s diplomatic recognition as a free and sovereign country.” —former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Re: Climate & Energy

“Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures. Obviously, this would negatively affect Tesla, but sustainable energy solutions simply cannot react instantaneously to make up for Russian oil & gas exports.” —Elon Musk

“Biden’s climate change and Iran nuclear deal agendas have influenced his decisions on Russia/Ukraine. He’s compromised. Not by Putin, but by the radical agenda of his Party.” —Larry O'Connor

“Does anyone think it’s better for the US to get its oil from Tehran than Texas? Yes, there is someone who thinks that — Joe Biden. The stark dismaying truth is that we are governed by a deranged lunatic.” —Dinesh D'Souza

“Imagine how stupid you have to be to support the halt domestic energy production while going to Iran and Venezuela in the midst of a conflict with Russia (while still buying its oil). Mind-boggling.” —David Reaboi

“Rather than produce more American oil [Biden] wants to replace the oil we buy from one murderous dictator with oil from another murderous dictator.” —Senator Marco Rubio

“According to the Biden Admin: The climate crisis worsens when the US drills for oil & gas and builds new pipelines. However, when Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran, & Russia drill and build pipelines with little to no regulations, the climate crisis…disappears! Like magic!” —Catharine O'Neill

“Democrat ‘climate’ policy: oil is good, unless it’s American.” —Steve Hilton

The BIG Lie

“The reason why the price of gas is going up is not because of steps the president has taken. They are because President Putin is invading Ukraine.” —White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

Demagogue

“The Republican-controlled Florida legislature passed a dangerous bill that will severely restrict women’s access to reproductive health care. My Administration will not stand for the continued erosion of women’s constitutional rights.” —Joe Biden (“Why didn’t you mention that this bill is about protecting unborn babies AFTER 15 weeks? That is when they can already feel pain and they’re getting close to viability. Babies have been born at 20 weeks and survived. What you’re arguing for is unfettered LATE TERM abortion.” —Governor Ron DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw)

Village Idiot

“It’s certainly not sacred, alright? … The Constitution is kind of trash. … It was written by slavers and colonists and white people who were willing to make deals with slavers and colonists.” —The Nation legal correspondent Elie Mystal (“When he writes a document that ends up founding the most powerful and tolerant nation in world history, I will take this buffoon more seriously.” —Ben Shapiro)